One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts is 'choosing to believe' he was never British, despite records that say otherwise

One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts is refusing to provide documentary proof that he is not a British citizen as evidence emerged that he traveled as a child on a UK passport – despite previously claiming that he “never held any citizenship other than Australian”.

Several shipping logs list Roberts and his parents as British passengers in 1956, the year after he was born.

A spokesman for the senator told Fairfax Media that Roberts renounced “any” dual citizenship on June 6, 2016, just three days before nominations closed for last year’s election, which say the Queenslander win the second One Nation seat alongside his leader, Pauline Hanson.

Roberts has refused to provide any documents as proof that he renounced his British citizenship, despite claiming he has them. Instead he posted a statutory declaration on Facebook saying he can “confirm” he is neither a British nor Indian citizen.

Questioned about the contradiction between his claim that he “never held any citizenship other than Australian” and subsequently renouncing it last year, the senator’s office told Buzzfeed that he did not lie because he “is choosing to believe that he was never British”.